Ma`rifat

Abstract Islamic democracy is a form of government that is based on religion and its teachings. Like every ideology, point of view and theory, this style of government has certain principles in different fields. Based on the cultural context in each society, it has criteria that differentiates its model from other societies. Considering the cultural context of Iranian society, which is based on Islamic values and teachings, this article attempts to examine the principles of Islamic democracy from the perspective of two sources of the Qur'an and Hadith, which are considered to be the main sources of Islam. Therefore, in this article, an attempt has been made to investigate this issue by using library sources and the descriptive-analytical method and examining the verses of the Holy Qur'an and the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt. The research findings show that, in the Quran and Hadith, Islamic democracy includes principles such as "rejection of domination and tyranny", "knowledge-orientedness", "justice-orientedness", "law-orientedness and law- abidingness", "ensuring freedom", "enjoining good and forbidding evil" and "providing Service". As a result, these seven principles have been introduced and defined as the central principles of religious-Islamic democracy.